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Indonesia stops mammoth tabligh event over virus fears
JAKARTA: A tabligh rally that is drawing thousands of people to Indonesia has been stopped amid fears that it could help spread the new coronavirus, an official said. For days, authorities had been trying to persuade Ijtima Asia, part of
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Indian tourists stuck in Bali, Kuala Lumpur and Uzbekistan cries for help
The total number of novel coronavirus-positive cases in India has risen to 169. Three fatalities have also been registered. Italy has lost 2,500 people to Covid-19 and these numbers don’t seem to be slowing down. The novel coronavirus has impacted
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China’s Wuhan reports no new infections for first time, imported cases surge
BEIJING: The central Chinese city of Wuhan, the epicentre of the country’s coronavirus outbreak, reported no new infections for the first time, while imported cases surged by a record, led by new infections in the capital of Beijing. The new
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COVID-19: Singapore reports 47 new cases, tally at 313
SINGAPORE: Singapore’s Health Ministry (MOH) yesterday reported 47 new positive cases of COVID-19 in the republic, bringing the tally to 313. Of the cumulative total, 33 are imported cases with 30 are returning Singapore residents infected overseas, said MOH’s director
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Malaysians believed to be among thousands at tabligh rally in Sulawesi
JAKARTA: Malaysians are believed to be among thousands of tabligh participants at the Ijtima of Asia 2020 event in Indonesia. A Malaysian Embassy spokesman in Jakarta said although the embassy had issued an order banning Malaysians from attending the programme, scores of Malaysians are believed
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Strong earthquake hits south Bali, no tsunami threat to Malaysia
KUALA LUMPUR: A strong earthquake of magnitude 6.3 on the Richter scale, occurred near South of Bali, Indonesia at 1.45am. Malaysian Meteorological Department, in a statement, said that the epicentre of the quake was located 302 kilometres (km) south from
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Imported coronavirus cases in China outpace local infections for fifth day
BEIJING: Imported coronavirus cases in China outnumbered cases of location transmission for the fifth straight day as infected travellers passed through major Chinese transportation hubs in Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou and Shenzhen. Mainland China had 13 new confirmed cases of coronavirus
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In Indian capital, riots deepen a Hindu-Muslim divide
NEW DELHI: For years, Hindus and Muslims lived and worked peacefully together in Yamuna Vihar, a densely populated Delhi district.Security force personnel stand guard in a street following Hindu-Muslim clashes triggered by a new citizenship law, in Mustafabad in the
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COVID-19: S’pore will work with M’sia on movement control
SINGAPORE: Singapore will continue to stay in touch with Malaysia as it goes under a movement control order, to see how the situation evolves, the republic’s Trade and Industry Minister Chan Chun Sing said. “Our priority is to ensure that
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Imported coronavirus infections top new local cases in China for fourth day
BEIJING/SHANGHAI: China reported today another rise in confirmed coronavirus cases as infections from abroad made it increasingly hard for authorities to reduce the overall number of new infections to zero. Mainland China had 21 new confirmed cases yesterday, the National
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